# What were you THINKING? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 13, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532 "2023-10-13T19:36:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6665
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6665 "2026-02-23T22:58:25Z")
I’ve had one experience with oxycodone that I recall, and that was after I rolled a pickup in my early twenties. Broke the tips of three fingers, and massive head bruising, but TBH, got off pretty light. What was weird is that while I was awake, aware and functional with oxycodone, I was totally oblivious to how badly I was hurt. I had friends and family help me the first 2 days and _then I went back to work_. Literally everyone from my co-workers to customers suggested I take more time off but I was young, stupid, and we were chronically understaffed. And because I was worried about dependency (I’m more than a little bit of a control freak), at the third day I went cold turkey on prescription meds and started using Tylenol. Two days after _that_ I was in freakish pain, or rather, I realized I was! I could barely sleep because my bruised head and face were agony against the pillow, my left hand (thankfully I’m a rightie) was more or less useless from pain, but (see above about young and stupid) I still kept working and it did slowly get better (young healing as well). If you’re using it as prescribed ([we have a thread on that right now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/line-between-taking-medicine-regularly-and-addiction/1027865)), and are as aware as you can be, @Beckdawrek I think you’re doing as well as can be expected with your challenges, and hope it works out for you. Many hugs to all reading this who are in chronic pain - I get _why_ doctors are really conservative about it right now, and it’s _on the whole_ probably better for a slim majority to avoid the risks, it doesn’t mean a substantial minority aren’t going through hell because of it. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532)._